Search Results for France - Narrowed by: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Obstinate Hebrews : representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 / Ronald Schechter.

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by Schechter, Ronald.
Call Number 305.892404409033 22
Publication Date 2003
Summary Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France--both by Gentiles and Jews themselves--Ronald Schechteroffers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, Obstinate Hebrews is a fascinating tale of cultural appropriation cast in the light of modern society's preoccupation with the "other." Schechter argues that the French paid attention to the Jews because thinking about the Jews helped them reflect on general issues of the day. These included the role of tradition in religion, the perfectibility of human nature, national identity, and the nature of citizenship. In a conclusion comparing and contrasting the "Jewish question" in France with discourses about women, blacks, and Native Americans, Schechter provocatively widens his inquiry, calling for a more historically precise approach to these important questions of difference.
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Napoleon and the art of diplomacy [electronic resource] : how war and hubris determined the rise and fall of the French Empire / William R. Nester.

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by Nester, William R., 1956-
Call Number 944.05092
Publication Date 2012
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Bonaparte : 1769-1802 / Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall.

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by Gueniffey, Patrice, author.
Call Number 944.05092 23
Publication Date 2015
Summary Patrice Gueniffey, the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, from his boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802.
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Napoleon and de Gaulle heroes and history Patrice Gueniffey ; translated by Steven Rendall

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by Gueniffey, Patrice, author.
Call Number 944.05092
Publication Date 2020
Summary They were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make"--
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The Napoleonic Wars : the Empires Fight Back 1808-1812.

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by Fisher, Todd.
Call Number 944.05092 21
Publication Date 2013
Summary First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Washington & Napoleon [electronic resource] : leadership in the age of revolution / Matthew J. Flynn and Stephen E. Griffin.

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by Flynn, Matthew J.
Call Number 973.410922 23
Publication Date 2011
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The slaves who defeated Napoleon [electronic resource] : Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804 / Philippe R. Girard.

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by Girard, Philippe R.
Call Number 972.9403
Publication Date 2011
Summary To a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people--nothing worth fighting over. Two centuries ago, however, Haiti, then known as Saint-Domingue, was the & ldquo;Pearl of the Antilles, & rdquo; France's most valuable overseas colony, the largest exporter of tropical products in the world, and the United States' second most important trading partner after England. Haiti was also the place where in 1801-1802 Napoľon Bonaparte sent the largest colonial venture of his reign: the Leclerc expedition. His goal was to remove the famous revolution.
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